“Since I was 15, I was told to never push girls in the pool,” explained Gardner. “Joanne is the one who tells me what to do. If I push her and anything happened, people might think I want her job. And believe me, I don’t!”

CBS-TV Eye on the Bay Host Liam Mayclem and singer Kathleen Antonia

But this “splash for cash” serves a serious purpose, too: providing housing and community programs to the low-income, disabled and youth population who live in and around the often-tough and tawdry streets of the Tenderloin.

DJ Harry Duncan (left) with Dawn Holliday and Lloyd Brown

Longtime supporter and Pool Toss co-chair Jim Losi is a dedicated philanthropist who focuses full-time on his foundation and charity work, often traveling the globe to provide practical assistance to communities struggling in developing countries and war zones.

Pool Toss Committee member Tom Kelley and Amanda Byrd

“Having spent time in Afghanistan and Rwanda with people in need of housing,” said Losi, “I’ve seen first-hand the experience of putting people into houses is that they begin to prosper.”